Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar and Shiv Sena's Aaditya Thackeray will take oath as part of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's expanded cabinet on Monday, sources said. The ceremony will be held at the Vidhan Sabha at 1 pm.

Tenlegislators of the Congress will also become part of the cabinet, which alreadyhas six members besides the Chief Minister. This will be the second time in twomonths that Ajit Pawar will be taking oath as the Deputy Chief Minister ofMaharashtra.

Hebroke ranks from his party to ally with the BJP in November and took oath asthe deputy of Devendra Fadnavis in a surprise early-morning ceremony and thenquit hours before a Supreme Court-ordered floor test, ending the BJP's 80-hourbid to seize power.